Pollen Colors by Bloom Season

Use this static season index to compare pollen colors by recorded bloom timing. Seasonal labels come from the plant records used by the interactive grid.

Pollen color is highly variable. Lighting, pollen age, moisture, collection method, cultivar, and local growing conditions can all change how pollen appears. Use this as general visual guidance, not a scientific color standard or guaranteed field match.

How to Use This Page

Season labels are approximate and can move earlier or later with climate, elevation, cultivar, pruning, mowing, rainfall, and unusual weather.

Use the season grouping to reduce the candidate list, then check the plant page for forage value, plant type, bloom-month notes, and identification cautions.

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Fall

3 plant records in this group.

Spring

54 plant records in this group.

Apple Orange and amber / Spring / Zone 3 - 6 Ash Orange and amber / Spring / Zone 4 - 9 Asparagus Red and rust / Spring / Zone 3 - 8 Bell Heath Yellow and gold / Spring / Zone 6 - 9 Berberis Orange and amber / Spring / Zone 4 - 9 Birch Orange and amber / Spring / Zone 2 - 7 Blackthorn Red and rust / Spring / Zone 4 - 7 Blue Crocus Orange and amber / Spring / Zone 3 - 8 Broad Bean Yellow and gold / Spring / Zone 2 - 11 Cabbage Orange and amber / Spring / Zone 2 - 11 Charlock Orange and amber / Spring / Zone not specified Coltsfoot Orange and amber / Spring / Zone 4 - 9 Common Beech Orange and amber / Spring / Zone 4 - 7 Copper Beech Red and rust / Spring / Zone 4 - 7 Cotoneaster White and cream / Spring / Zone 4 - 7 Cowslip Orange and amber / Spring / Zone 4 - 9 Crab Apple Yellow and gold / Spring / Zone 4 - 9 Daffodil Orange and amber / Spring / Zone 3 - 8 Elm Orange and amber / Spring / Zone 2 - 9 False Acacia Orange and amber / Spring / Zone 4 - 8 Field Bean Orange and amber / Spring / Zone 3 - 10 Flowering Currant Orange and amber / Spring / Zone 6 - 9 Forsythia Orange and amber / Spring / Zone 5 - 8 Gooseberry Orange and amber / Spring / Zone 3 - 8 Gorse Red and rust / Spring / Zone 6 - 9 Hawthorn Orange and amber / Spring / Zone 4 - 8 Hyacinth Orange and amber / Spring / Zone 4 - 8 Laurel Orange and amber / Spring / Zone 6 - 9 Laurustinus Orange and amber / Spring / Zone 7 - 9 Lilac (Common) Orange and amber / Spring / Zone 2 - 9 Lilac (Persian) Orange and amber / Spring / Zone 2 - 9 Maple Yellow and gold / Spring / Zone 3 - 9 Mountain Ash Yellow and gold / Spring / Zone 4 - 8 Mustard Orange and amber / Spring / Zone 6 - 9 Oak Orange and amber / Spring / Zone 4 - 9 Oil Seed Rape Orange and amber / Spring / Zone 3 - 9 Pear Yellow and gold / Spring / Zone 4 - 9 Pine Yellow and gold / Spring / Zone 2 - 9 Plum Red and rust / Spring / Zone 5 - 9 Poplar Orange and amber / Spring / Zone 3 - 9 Privet Orange and amber / Spring / Zone 5 - 8 Red Dead Nettle Red and rust / Spring / Zone 4 - 8 Red Horse Chestnut Red and rust / Spring / Zone 4 - 8 Rhododendron Orange and amber / Spring / Zone 4 - 8 Siberian Squill Blue / Spring / Zone 2 - 8 Sycamore Orange and amber / Spring / Zone 4 - 9 Tulip Orange and amber / Spring / Zone 3 - 8 Wallflower Orange and amber / Spring / Zone 6 - 10 Walnut Yellow and gold / Spring / Zone 4 - 9 White Horse Chestnut Red and rust / Spring / Zone 4 - 7 Wild Bluebell Orange and amber / Spring / Zone 5 - 9 Wild Cherry Red and rust / Spring / Zone 4 - 9 Willow Orange and amber / Spring / Zone 2 - 9 Yellow Crocus Orange and amber / Spring / Zone 3 - 8

Spring to fall

7 plant records in this group.

Spring to summer

10 plant records in this group.

Summer

54 plant records in this group.

Basil White and cream / Summer / Zone 10 - 11 Bee Balm Neutral and gray / Summer / Zone 4 - 9 Bindweed Orange and amber / Summer / Zone 3 - 9 Bird's-Foot Trefoil Orange and amber / Summer / Zone 3 - 9 Blackberry Orange and amber / Summer / Zone 3 - 8 Borage Orange and amber / Summer / Zone 2 - 11 Buckwheat Green / Summer / Zone 3 - 8 Carrot White and cream / Summer / Zone 3 - 10 Common Mallow Purple and violet / Summer / Zone 2 - 11 Courgette Orange and amber / Summer / Zone 2 - 11 Cucumber Yellow and gold / Summer / Zone 4 - 11 Dill Orange and amber / Summer / Zone 2 - 11 Evening Primrose (Common) Orange and amber / Summer / Zone 5 - 8 Evening Primrose (Wild) Orange and amber / Summer / Zone 3 - 9 Field Thistle Yellow and gold / Summer / Zone 4 - 8 Foxglove Orange and amber / Summer / Zone 4 - 8 Fuchsia Yellow and gold / Summer / Zone 10 - 11 Hairy Willowherb Orange and amber / Summer / Zone 4 - 9 Himalayan Balsam Orange and amber / Summer / Zone 5 - 9 Hogweed Orange and amber / Summer / Zone 4 - 7 Jewelweed Yellow and gold / Summer / Zone 3 - 8 Joe Pye Weed Red and rust / Summer / Zone 4 - 9 Knapweed Orange and amber / Summer / Zone 3 - 9 Lavender Orange and amber / Summer / Zone 5 - 8 Ling Heather Orange and amber / Summer / Zone 4 - 8 Lupin Red and rust / Summer / Zone 4 - 8 Marjoram Orange and amber / Summer / Zone 6 - 9 Meadowsweet Yellow and gold / Summer / Zone 3 - 7 Melon Yellow and gold / Summer / Zone 3 - 9 Milkweed Orange and amber / Summer / Zone 3 - 9 Mint White and cream / Summer / Zone 3 - 8 Onion Orange and amber / Summer / Zone 5 - 10 Oriental Poppy Neutral and gray / Summer / Zone 3 - 9 Ox-Eye Daisy Orange and amber / Summer / Zone 3 - 8 Phacelia Blue / Summer / Zone 2 - 10 Plantain (Buck) Orange and amber / Summer / Zone 5 - 8 Plantain (Ribwort) Orange and amber / Summer / Zone 5 - 8 Ragwort Orange and amber / Summer / Zone 5 - 8 Raspberry Orange and amber / Summer / Zone 3 - 9 Red & White Clover Orange and amber / Summer / Zone 3 - 9 Rockrose Red and rust / Summer / Zone 8 - 11 Rosebay Willowherb Blue / Summer / Zone 3 - 9 Sainfoin Orange and amber / Summer / Zone 4 - 9 Shepherd's Purse Orange and amber / Summer / Zone 7 - 9 Squash Orange and amber / Summer / Zone 2 - 11 Sweet Chestnut Orange and amber / Summer / Zone 4 - 8 Thyme Orange and amber / Summer / Zone 4 - 9 Toadflax Orange and amber / Summer / Zone 5 - 8 Tomato Orange and amber / Summer / Zone 2 - 11 Traveller's Joy Yellow and gold / Summer / Zone 4 - 9 Viper's Bugloss Blue / Summer / Zone 3 - 8 Virginia Creeper Orange and amber / Summer / Zone 3 - 9 Wild Honeysuckle (White) Yellow and gold / Summer / Zone 4 - 9 Wild Honeysuckle (Yellow) Orange and amber / Summer / Zone 4 - 9

Summer to fall

18 plant records in this group.

Winter

7 plant records in this group.

Year-round

2 plant records in this group.